Sunday, January 24, 2016

All of my characters steal a little piece of my heart

As an
author, all of my characters steal a little piece of my heart, but
occasionally, one comes along who claims a chunk. Tuck, the hero of To Win Her
Trust, is one of these. I’m a sucker for a rascal, and Tuck is a rascal on
steroids, but he also has a good heart. That’s not to say he wasn’t a challenge
to write. Let’s face it, in the romance genre, the formula calls for some level
of angst, but unlike so many romance heroes, Tuck didn’t come with baggage.
There were no dark secrets from his past, or failed relationships scarring his
soul.

You can
see my dilemma. There was no angst, and what is an author to do with a man who
is more than content with his charmed life? A happy hero? His story is a
romance, so of course he needed a heroine, and my solution was to knock him
flat with the idea of “Love at first Sight”. He wasn’t such a happy hero over
that concept. What man would be? But we had our angst. Problem solved.

In my
experience, love comes along when you least expect it, and whether it hits you
between the eyes, as it did for Tuck, or slips slowly into your heart, true
love’s arrival changes everything. I fell into the latter category when I met
my true love. What about you? Have you met “the one” and were there immediate
fireworks or did you experience that lovely slow slide into forever?

To Win Her Trust

Can she trust this player with her heart?Ever since experiencing a childhood trauma, reclusive artist CC Calhoun has suffered from panic attacks. But when a fateful kiss from handsome wide receiver, Kevin “Tuck” Tucker, is enough to stop one of those episodes cold, she wonders if guarding her heart has been the right choice. Will going on a test date with Tuck open her to trusting someone for the first time in years? Or will she wind up being just another notch in the football player’s bedpost?Tuck has a reputation for charming women into bed, but after his kiss with CC, he’s left aching for more. When he proposes a second date, his attraction to the sexy blonde looks like the makings of true love—something he’s never quite believed in—until now. But when Tuck discovers CC’s childhood secrets, will the pro athlete be tough enough to stay by her side—or will he betray her hard-earned trust?

Author Bio

Wife, mother and really
young grandmother, Mackenzie lives with her high school sweet heart husband, a
neurotic Pomeranian, and a blind cat. She calls Phoenix home because the
southwest feeds her soul. Though her friends claim she’s a princess, she
disagrees. After all, one can’t raise two rambunctious boys to wonderful men
without getting a little dirt under their nails. A lover of the romance genre,
her resolve to share her stories with others was sharpened by a bout with
breast cancer. Today she is an award-winning author and eight year survivor,
living the dream. Her friends call her Mac. She hopes you will, too. Connect
with her at http://mackenziecrowne.com, https://www.facebook.com/MackenzieCrowne and https://twitter.com/MacCrowne.

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